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I put a spell on you... Stories of snow queens, imps, poisonous apples and happy endings live on today in urban myths. AS Byatt celebrates the power of the fairy tale.

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From: The Daily Mail (London, England)
Date: 20040202
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Byline: AS BYATT

I acquired a hunger for fairy tales in the dark days of the blackout and Blitz of World War II. I read early, voraciously and indiscriminately: Andrew Lang's coloured books, Hans Christian Andersen, King Arthur, and Robin Hood. My very favourite book was Asgard and the Gods, a scholarly German text, with engravings, about Norse mythology.

I never really liked stories about children doing what children do - quarrelling, cooking and camping. I learned from Asgard and the Gods that even the gods can be defeated by evil. I knew nothing about the Wagnerian ...

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